Infection Control Publishing


Infection Control Manuals customised for different health care settings available.

All our published policies reflect current expert guidance, directives and legislation.  We can personalise them for the organisation and the environment concerned. We will provide both a "hard copy" and also a version on CD-ROM that can be used on the organisation's intranet.

The policies in the current manual include:
  • The control of communicable diseases
  • Reporting of infectious diseases
  • Management of an outbreak of infection
  • Management of infections in health care staff
  • Vaccination programme for staff
  • Principles of infection control
  • Collection of specimens
  • Standard infection control practice
  • Hand hygiene
  • Environmental cleaning
  • Decontamination of health care equipment
  • Safe use and maintenance of benchtop steam sterilisers
  • Management of laundry
  • Pest control
  • Pets in clinical areasLegionnaires' disease
  • Management of waste
  • Reuse of single use medical devices
  • Safe use and disposal of sharps
  • Management of sharps injuries
  • Isolation of infected patientsLast offices
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Ectoparasitic infections
  • Management of influenza
  • MRSA o Tuberculosis
  • Outbreak of diarrhoea
  • Pneumococcal disease
  • Varicella zoster virus
  • Spongiform encephalopathies
  • Closure and opening of wards
  • Aseptic technique
  • Management of invasive devices
  • Key references
Laminated Posters:
  • Management of sharps injury
  • Prevention of sharps injury
  • Colour coding of laundry, waste etc
  • Hand decontamination technique
Staff Handbooks:
  • Home care
  • Care home